exponál

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin expōnō (I expose), from ex- (out) + pōnō (I place, put).[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

Verb

exponál

  1. (intransitive, photography) to take a photograph, to shoot with a camera
  2. (transitive) to stick one's neck out, to risk one's reputation for someone (followed by the reflexive pronoun maga and -ért) (to sacrifice one's own reputation for someone else's cause or interests)
    Exponálta magát a barátjáért.He risked his reputation for his friend.

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • exponál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • exponál in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).